Dickinsonia (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Dickinsonia

Caption

A fossil of Dickinsonia, a flat organism that moved around on the sea floor, lacking a mouth and instead absorbing bacteria and algae through its entire bottom surface

Credit

Scott Evans

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